Edwards warns of 'corporate Democrats'

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Edwards warns of 'corporate Democrats'
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
The Associated Press
AP photoDemocratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, attends a town meeting at the headquarters of The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America on Saturday Oct. 20, 2007 in Las Vegas. Edwards received the endorsement of the union at the meeting. On the podium with Edwards is carpenter's union member Robert Souflee, right.
LAS VEGAS --Democrat John Edwards blamed Bill Clinton's administration Saturday for trade agreements unpopular with labor unions and warned against electing "corporate Democrats."

The Democratic presidential hopeful, speaking to union carpenters, tied rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to the business interests that unions claim were served by her husband's trade liberalization, to the detriment of workers.

Edwards described the North American Free Trade Agreement as a blow to the middle class that President Clinton put in place while the first lady was failing in her mission to reform health care.

"In the 1990s, we didn't get universal health care, which we needed," he said. "We got NAFTA, which we didn't need.

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"In the 1990s, we didn't get universal health care, which we needed," he said. "We got NAFTA, which we didn't need.